Warehouse, Water and Dock Streets

Photographer Berenice Abbott (American, 1898 - 1991)

Date1936

Geographic OriginBrooklyn, New York

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: H 7 3/8 x W 9 1/2 in. (H 18.7 x W 24.1 cm)
Mat: H 16 x W 20 in. (H 40.6 x W 50.8 cm)

Credit LinePurchase 1948

Object number48.617

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Object NamePhotograph

Title Details

Published Title Warehouse, Water and Dock Streets

Remarks Yochelson, Bonnie. Changing New York. New York: The New Press, 1997.

Inscriptionspaper verso: u.l. graphite "1299.?8 / FP 26 / NEWARK, NJ MUSEUM / Museum Purchase[script, crossed out with ink] / Date?[script, crossed out with ink]"; c.l. to c. graphite "Other Abbott Photos stored in crate"(script); u.r. black ink "WPA Gift"; l.c. graphite "Warehouses, Brooklyn, N.Y."(script); l.r. graphite :48.617"; l.r. graphite "30 MARCH / P Mo"Marks and Labels/Stampsl.c. stamp black ink "BERENICE ABBOTT / PHOTOGRAPH / 50 COMMERCE STREET / NEW YORK 14, N.Y."

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